ra
"ra" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ra” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,335) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #8,335
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative spelling of rah (“exclamation of encouragement”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-ra · ra · English
ra · rank #8,335 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,335
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH Quinn
Nearest frequency peer: Quinn (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ra”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pharmaceuti…
pharmaceutical
91,669 corpus weight
- progression
progression
91,668 corpus weight
- Quinn
Quinn
91,667 corpus weight
- ra
ra
91,666 corpus weight
- rack
rack
91,665 corpus weight
- rebuild
rebuild
91,664 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ra” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #8,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ra” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ra is neighbouring look-alikes ("re", "RS", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection. Frequency #8,335 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of rah (“exclamation of encouragement”).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ra, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "re", "RS", "rd", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is ra, spelled R-A.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of rah (“exclamation of encouragement”).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"You guys are doing great. Ra ra ra! Go get 'em, guys."
Ra-ra and all that. So cheerleaders have a harder time climbing flights of stairs?
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.